75
USA Today by Mike Clark
Another of director David Cronenberg's queasy early horror films that, like The Brood and Videodrome, gets under your skin. [04 Jun 2004]
Rabid
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- Canada,
- United States
- 1977
- · 91m
Director
David Cronenberg
Cast
Marilyn Chambers,
Frank Moore,
Joe Silver,
Howard Ryshpan,
Patricia Gage,
Susan Roman
Genre
Horror,
Science Fiction
After undergoing a radical surgery for injuries from a motorcycle accident, a young woman develops a strange phallic growth on her body and a thirst for human blood - the only nourishment that will now sustain her. In turn, she causes a city-wide epidemic that turns the population of Montreal into blood-thirsty zombies.
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What are critics saying?
70
Time Out
None of the other recent apocalypse movies has shown so much political or cinematic sophistication.
70
Time Out by Staff (Not Credited)
None of the other recent apocalypse movies has shown so much political or cinematic sophistication.
60
BBC
Ultimately Rabid boils down to zombified sluts and shock moments but it's an irresistible combination that Cronenberg handles well.
60
The New York Times by Dave Kehr
It took (Cronenberg) several films to come into his own as a filmmaker, but even his earliest work reflects his obsessive interest in the human body as raw material that can be transformed -- for better or for worse -- by strong emotions. [08 Jun 2004, p.E3]
60
Empire by William Thomas
Cronenberg's sleaziest, funniest film, jammed with juicy gore and infectious shocks.
60
BBC by Almar Haflidason
Ultimately Rabid boils down to zombified sluts and shock moments but it's an irresistible combination that Cronenberg handles well.
50
The Observer (UK)
Early, low-budget Cronenberg horror flick, emetic in intention and effect. [08 Oct 2000, p.10]
50
Variety
Rabid, as the dictionary explains means both ‘affected with rabies’ and ‘extremely violent’. Using both definitions, Rabid, is so accurately titled that this one word tells all. Here is an extremely violent, sometimes nauseating, picture about a young woman affected with rabies, running around Montreal infecting others.
50
Boston Globe by Tom Russo
A characteristic early offering from horror icon David Cronenberg, rough production values and all. [30 May 2004]
50
TV Guide Magazine
Although Rabid is full of interesting ideas, they are not particularly well developed or presented by Cronenberg's unfocused script.
50
Variety by Staff (Not Credited)
Rabid, as the dictionary explains means both ‘affected with rabies’ and ‘extremely violent’. Using both definitions, Rabid, is so accurately titled that this one word tells all. Here is an extremely violent, sometimes nauseating, picture about a young woman affected with rabies, running around Montreal infecting others.
50
The Observer (UK) by Philip French
Early, low-budget Cronenberg horror flick, emetic in intention and effect. [08 Oct 2000, p.10]
50
TV Guide Magazine by Staff (Not Credited)
Although Rabid is full of interesting ideas, they are not particularly well developed or presented by Cronenberg's unfocused script.
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